Buffalo Bill from prairie to palace /
Author / Creator: | Burke, John M., -1917. |
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Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012. |
Description: | 1 online resource (367 pages). |
Language: | English |
Series: | The papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11158092 |
Summary: | Advance man, press agent, and publicist extraordinaire, John M. Burke (1842-1917) was instrumental in turning William F. Cody into the iconic persona of Buffalo Bill. And with this biography, published in 1893, Burke put the finishing touches on the legend that persists to this day. This new, definitive edition includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original, while providing critical background details on the literary sources, historical characters, and events that figure in the work. With "a few plain truths, unadorned," Burke purported to give a frank account of Buffalo Bill's life. Hostile Indians, gunfights, cattle stampedes: Cody's Wild West was fraught with peril at every turn. This "Chevalier Bayard of American Bordermen" exemplified courage and daring while often narrowly escaping certain death and he earned the respect and admiration of not only his fellow frontiersmen but also European royalty. Burke recounts Cody's duel with Chief Yellow H∧ his role as army scout, buffalo hunter, Pony Express rider, and international celebrity; and his associations with well-known figures like Kit Carson, Sitting Bull, General Phil Sheridan, and Queen Victoria. A brilliant instance of mythmaking by a true believer, Burke's portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody as frontiersman and hero is a tribute to the romance of the Wild West and a canonical volume in the American story. |
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Item Description: | Originally published: Chicago ; New York : Rand, McNally & Co., 1893. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (367 pages). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780803244566 0803244568 9780803243897 0803243898 9780803240728 0803240724 1283550806 9781283550802 9786613863256 6613863254 |